Example sentences of "but [adv] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fibre is found in fresh fruit and vegetables but mostly in wholegrain cereals and bread . |
| 2 | She was shaking all over , partly from cold , partly from shock at the suddenness and ferocity of the squall , but mostly in anticipation of what was to come . |
| 3 | A complete task description is impossible and the appropriate preparation for the operator is not in direct training but rather in education/understanding of the system and the way it operates . |
| 4 | New feminism stressed the importance of women 's role in the home , not to argue the case of female uniqueness and social maternalism , but rather in order to demand reforms that would give the individual mother control over her ‘ conditions of work ’ and ‘ her product ’ . |
| 5 | Throughout the period the needs of mothers were not considered in relation to providing a solution to the difficulties they faced ( for example in combining paid employment and motherhood ) , but rather in respect to a precise concept of motherhood as a social function . |
| 6 | Through such processes , it was felt , the basis of public law was no longer to be rooted in command but rather in organization . |
| 7 | The important element of them all is undoubtedly the dishonest appropriation of another person 's property — the treating of ‘ tuum ’ as ‘ meum ; ’ and we think it not only logical , but right in principle , to make this the central element of the offence . |
| 8 | A moment comes , which comes but rarely in history , when we step out from the old to the new , when an age ends , and when the soul of a nation , long oppressed , finds utterance . |
| 9 | Upward job or career mobility occurs for many , but rarely in quantum leaps . |
| 10 | She wore another severe suit , grey this time over a white blouse , but perhaps in honour of the occasion had added a long twisted rope of coral , pearls and crystal . |
| 11 | As it was , Lili chatted easily and Robert timed his eating to synchronise with her fluency ; when Lili stopped talking to eat he carried on , not in the same vein but sufficiently in harmony with her style not to upset the balance of conviviality . |
| 12 | Cash transfers are clearly part of comprehensive income , but so in principle is the benefit derived from outlays by the state on goods and services . |
| 13 | Manucci , who was employed in Dara Shukoh 's artillery , portrays his patron as a flawed hero , brave and generous but constantly in danger of being outwitted by his wily opponents : |
| 14 | A lily really worth searching for is N. Rosy Morn very similar to N. amabalis but deeper in colour . |
| 15 | This is not directly related to the three hundred thousand that we 've referred to , but obviously in part too . |
| 16 | Informed of the conspiracy , Franco 's reaction was , at first sight , surprising , but entirely in keeping with the behaviour of a man whose responses were always based on strategy , never on emotion . |
| 17 | I opened the door of the nearest one , but gingerly in case there was a puma or something the RSPCA had forgotten . |
| 18 | I had seen these birds before in Shetland , but only in winter plumage on migration , and here they were , obviously on their home territory . |
| 19 | Sentence ( 2 ) leaves us in mid-air , guessing what the " thing " may be that Pemberton would like to hear " ; ( 3 ) provides the answer , but only in part . |
| 20 | It limits people 's ability to pursue some conceptions of the good , but only in order to equalize the opportunity to do so overall . |
| 21 | At last he was allowed to resign as Prime Minister of the Labour Government , but only in order to kiss hands as Prime Minister of a National administration . |
| 22 | Adjoining the churchyard is the Buttermarket , but only in name now . |
| 23 | I feel sceptical but would give them a try I believe they work but only in conjunction with a healthy diet and regular exercise |
| 24 | Thus the — s here does not independently signal plurality , but only in conjunction with the exponent of plurality in those . |
| 25 | Frequently women voters said that they liked Mr Ashdown , but only in preference to Messrs Major and Kinnock , who were characterised by the words ‘ creepy ’ and ‘ characterless ’ by several of them . |
| 26 | At the 1921–2 Washington Conference Japan agreed to restore Chinese sovereignty in Shandong , but only in return for Chinese confirmation of Japan 's economic privileges there . |
| 27 | Franco , together with some of his generals and ministers and the Falange , wanted to join in the war , but only in return for the prior supply of the items on a substantial shopping list . |
| 28 | I had seen her face before , but only in silhouette , anonymous , as she spoke out about the inhuman conditions of political prisoners in Morocco 's forgotten dungeons . |
| 29 | This marks the site of the Chapel of St Matthew built by Kaňka but only in existence until the 1790s . |
| 30 | There has been a degree of attenuation of this rigidity in some respects , but only in favour of the church 's interpretation . |